Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FIRST SNOW, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE


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First Line: The dogwood has its bloom again
Last Line: Against the keen gold of the west!
Subject(s): Snow


THE dogwood has its bloom again;
Each blade of grass out in the lane
A little scentless bud doth bear;
The shriveled shrubs to left and right
Let loose a myriad petals light
To every breath that stirs the air.
Still as in June its briers beneath
The meadow brook shows its white teeth.
Remembering June, the wild rose-bush
Holds still a berry here and there,
Setting the blackened twigs aflare
With scarlet in the frosty hush.
Long are the hours from dusk to dawn;
From dawn to dusk -- ah, too soon gone!
Lo, when the brief day sinks to rest,
Then bough by bough, like bone by bone,
The naked trees stand out alone
Against the keen gold of the west!







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